Sediment remover



Patented Mar. 17, 1931 UNITED STATES PATENT, oFFlcE JESSE WILLIAM ROSE AND ARCHIELD COSTA, OF NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA sEnIMEN'r nnmovnn Application led .Tuly 11, 1930. Serial No. 467,296.

This invention relates generally to devices for use in the chemical and brewing industry which have the function of clarifying liquids which have natively or otherwise a cloudiness or matter in suspension which after a time settle in the bottoms of the containers of the liquids and form lees of a sediment of an objectionable character which is apt to desirably cloud or impair the said liquids upon the disturbance of said liquids in pouring the same from the containers.

By the means provided by the invention undesired carbonation is eliminated and the process of siphoning or filtering otherwise required in general processes of the nature outlined are done away with.

The device provides means whereby the sediment having once come down from the liquid is completely and permanently separated therefrom so that disturbance of the liquid, or the capsizing or inversion of its container will no longer distribute said sediment again in suspension in said liquid.

It is an object of this invention to provide a device of this type which is of highly simple character, very effective, simple construction and which can be manufactured at a comparatively small cost, and which does not involve complicated and expensive structure. Y

The particular embodiment set out herein has relation to a device for removing the sediment from containers of the class em- 35 ployed in preparing concoction of the types frequently prepared in the homes for bev'- erage and preserving purposes.

Itis to be understood that we do not desire to limit the application of this invention to the particular embodiment set forth herein in illustration thereof, but any changes may be made in structure and material consistent with the spirit and scope of the invention as set out herein and limited by the claim.

45 The objects stated, and other and further objects of the invention, the nature thereof, its composition and arrangement and combination of parts by which said objects are attained, will be clear to any one conversant with the art to which this invention relates upon referring to thefollowing de scription of the appended drawings, in which Figure 1 illustrates a bottle in inverted position upon an embodiment of this invention. 56

Figure 2 is a perspective view of the device'of the invention.

Figure 3 is a cross section in a central practical plane of Figure 2.

Referring in detail to the drawings it will be seen that we have provided a base member generally designated 5 which consists of a circular block 6 of fibre or other suitable material having a semi-cylindrical projection 7 and the circular recess 8 having the 65 walls screw threaded as at 9. On the floor 10 of the recess 9 is a centrally located pyramidal projection 11 supporting a pin 12 having a conical tip 13 adapted to engage upon the point of said pin 12 in a clean manner, is 70 a conical body 14 having a cylindrical portion 15 attached at the base of said conical portion. A cylindrical recess 16 in said body is to enable said body to be inserted freely over said pin 12 and freely accessible there- 75 from by gravity. A hollow cylindrical body 17 has its lower end screw threaded to the block 6 and has on its upper end a frusto-con ical iianged portion 18 providing an undercut channel 19 having a retaining means 20. S0 Formed in the upper end of said hollow cylindrical body is a bell piece 21 engageable by the conical face of the body 14, and the washer 22 retained in a seat 23 in said upper end, to Contact in air tight manner the lip of S5 a bottle in inverted position. The lower screw threaded end of a shoulder presses againstthe attaching washer 24 of the floor of the recess 8 to render the same air tight.

The undercut channel 19 is formed to re- 90 ceive a wire latching arm pro-truding from the cap locking mechanism of a bottle `in order to press the lip of the bottle against the packing ring 22 to form an air tight connection between the device of the invention and the bottle.

It will be understood from the drawings that the bottle or like container is adapted to be intended to be inserted upon the devices and position shown in Figure 1 and the 100 same alloWed to rest and cast down in the sediment into the recess 8, Which is propo-rtioned to the amount of sediment estimated in the particular liquid to be treated, and when the sediment has completely been cast down from the liquid the device and the bottle are inverted,` the bell body 14 falls into engagement With the valve seat 2l thus shutting olil escape of the sediment fromV the chamber S and preserving the liquid from contamination thereby.

The valve of the device is to prevent the escape of sediment into the bottle and to produce any undesirable contamination and recarbonation alluded to in the first part of this specification, the sediment being trapped in the chamber 8, the liquid havin been inserted from the device for a su'ilicient length or" time to cast down the entire sediment.

Thus it Will be seen that We have provided a device oi' extremelyY simple and inexpensive construction which may be app ied for the separation of sediment and collected foreign matter from liquid. It will also be evident that the device lills an urgent need 'fer a means to accomplish this result which is inexpensive and easy to operate and of small size and adaptabilitjyY to be manufactured and sold in large quantity at a small price. The device is adapted to be manufactured oi" a variety of material, which will be suited for the particular liquid in the chemical industry and when used as a home appliance.

In combination a bottle, a sediment collector mounted on the meuth of said bottle, comprising a circular block having a circularl recess therein, a valve structure mounted on the licor of said recess7 a cylindrical chamber secured in said recess and projecting` from said block and surrounding said valve mechanism? a top portion on said cylindrical chamber adapted to contact the mouth of the bottle and form a valve seat for the valve mechanism, said valve adapted to opera-te upon inversion of said device7 said device adapted to form a support for a bottle in inverted position.

In testimony whereof We afx our signatures.

JESSE lVlLLlAli/I ARCHIELD COSTA. 

